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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
), telekinesisGithzerai uniters espouse wisdom and unity rather than violence. Many uniters are members of the Sha’sal Khou, a group of githyanki and githzerai who band together to reunify the gith
people. Capable martial artists, uniters are more inclined to disarm and subdue their opponents than destroy them.
Githzerai
Githzerai descend from an ancient people who were also the progenitors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
marriages, typically with a clan matriarch and several spouses of any gender. Powerful clans compete for prestige through formal dueling matches every few months. Umizu has few taboos around sexuality and
gender. Titles such as “daimyo” are gender-neutral, as are most names. Clothing varies by class status rather than gender—instead, people express their gender through perfumes. Bright citrus scents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
transformed into a vast, sprawling network of passages. Abandoned settlements within the Labyrinth are common, marked out by rusting iron rails and scattered ore carts. Dark mine shafts descend into the
leave a vast, yawning chasm. Some of these rifts run to depths of a few hundred feet. Others ascend and descend for miles. Many of the rifts show their age by the presence of carved switchback
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the ice, making for an easy climb to the top of the plateau. Captain Lerustah would like to keep his crew members aboard Frostskimmr rather than marching them up to the plateau. He’s not at all
), one of the crew members speaks enough Uluik to get by. The translator will accompany the characters onto the iceberg if he’s paid a bonus of at least 50 gp, but he returns to the ship as soon as the characters descend into the ice caves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
into the ice, making for an easy climb to the top of the plateau. Captain Lerustah would like to keep his crew members aboard Frostskimmr rather than marching them up to the plateau. He’s not at all
, Uluik), one of the crew members speaks enough Uluik to get by. The translator will accompany the characters onto the iceberg if he’s paid a bonus of at least 50 gp, but he returns to the ship as soon as the characters descend into the ice caves.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
run this encounter. As the characters load the wagons, storm clouds descend and block the sun. Argus Skeel (male vampire spawn) and two ghouls, plus one ghoul per character, including sidekicks
recover and regroup. Encourage tactical thinking. If one of the sides of the battle consists of savage monsters or mindless undead, give clues that they attack the nearest enemy rather than thinking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
to possess the material goods in a stronghold’s hoard, and would much rather snatch up living treasure. Using its powers of deception, a green dragon might try to entice dwarves it encounters to ally
lifetime of crafting new items for the dragon’s treasure collection. Red Dragons. Even though dwarves and red dragons compete for the same terrain, they don’t come into conflict as often as they once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
over a cavern complex or a gang of trolls inhabiting an aboveground ruin. Other times, particularly in larger dungeons, multiple groups of creatures share space and compete for resources. For example
repeatedly encounter manage to survive. Encounter Difficulty You might be inclined to increase the encounter difficulty as the adventurers descend deeper into the dungeon, as a way to keep the dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
have advantage on saving throws made to avoid falling off your mount. If you fall off your mount and descend no more than 10 feet, you can land on your feet if you’re not incapacitated. Finally
, mounting or dismounting a creature costs you only 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed. Unwavering Mark Starting at 3rd level, you can menace your foes, foiling their attacks and punishing them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
theoretically working with (and perhaps overseeing) smaller franchises rather than working against them. You can ship your goods to any destination, and can assign staff to a city to which you ship goods
— solely to oversee the distribution of those goods, and certainly not to compete with rivals. Don’t cause too much trouble and Head Office will stay happy. Rank 4: Limited Extraplanar Your franchise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
complications and rivals as part of downtime, but you don’t need to own that book to make use of these ideas. Rather, just remember that an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign is always about story. Each
, though. Other Acq Inc franchises all compete with the characters’ franchise, seeking to expand their own reach and impress Head Office. Governments, merchants, guilds, religious institutions, and noble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Brass Dragon Lairs Brass dragons prefer to make their lairs in hot, dry, rocky areas—desert canyons, caves beneath arid mesas, or ancient stone ruins. Brass dragons often compete with blue dragons
everything any other one is aware of.
Aasterinian encourages all dragons to think for themselves rather than relying on the ideas or opinions of others. She cherishes learning and invention and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
world needs heroes to take up the cause. Nations compete on many levels—over economic dominance, political influence, territory, magical power, and more—each looking to maintain or improve its status
circumstances, rather than the direct influence of the gods. As a result, you can’t assume that a gold dragon is good or a beholder is evil; only in the case of celestials, fiends, and certain other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, stairs descend 200 feet to level 2. (These stairs are not immediately visible to characters entering through the secret door.)
Noise. The sound of squabbling goblins emanates from a tunnel leading
gold rather than stone. Treasure. The gold circlet is a circlet of blasting. 39b. Bugbear Den Three bugbears sit in the middle of the floor, eating from a sack of dead rats and stirges. One of them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
attacks from the air. Red dragons ridden by knights accompany the vessels, serving as outriders and shock trips to pave the way for the githyanki warriors to descend en masse. In battle, the githyanki use
of an organized defense. Because the githyanki strike to plunder rather than conquer, raiders linger over their target for no more than a few hours. By daybreak the attackers are gone, purposely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
his blood rather than his brains. He glories in Takhisis’s favor and wields her power in manners both frivolous and brutal. In their bunks, his troops whisper of his zealotry and claim that those
Verminaard’s next turn.
Malediction. Verminaard utters an unholy word, causing profane fire to descend on one creature Verminaard can see within 60 feet of himself. The creature must make a DC 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
courses in each ward, and the winners from each ward compete at the Field of Triumph. If you really want to see the wards come to life, this is the time. Pick your favorite, wear its colors, and cheer
alongside its residents. Better yet, if you’re of an adventuresome bent, register in your favored ward and compete! Who knows? Your name or visage might soon have a place in the House of Heroes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
feet tall and hewn from solid rock. C1. Sealed Gates When the characters descend into the catacombs, read: A pair of basalt doors block the passage ahead, their surfaces engraved with a relief of a
and transformed into fiends. One of Zariel’s generals, Olanthius, killed himself rather than embrace tyranny. Zariel raised him as a death knight to ensure his loyalty. The knights’ souls are cursed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and the flesh gnawers, which rely on natural savagery rather than weapons to tear apart their foes. A pack of hyenas is always part of the band, and sometimes these beasts are as numerous as the
touched by Yeenoghu and turns into a flind itself. The death or disappearance of a flind for any other reason causes a war band to descend into brutal infighting. Sometimes a new leader emerges from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
death knight can see and speak through the skeletal figurehead (see “Death Knight’s Soul”). D2. Upper Deck The upper deck contains a set of stairs that descend into the bowels of the ship, two ballista
death but is terrified of failing Talos: if the characters enter her cabin, she chooses to drunkenly unload the details of her plight rather than fight them. Did she not honor her god with chaos and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
call themselves “children of Uthgar.” Though the Uthgardt each belong to a given tribe, these are markers of identity, rather than coherent populations. In my experience, it is rare outside of
size that near the ancient ancestral mound of the Red Tiger tribe. The settlement was founded some time ago by members of the Black Lion tribe, who put down roots here rather than continuing to live
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
— or rather, an alternate version of Waterdeep created by Extremiton.
Through extensive telepathic contact with Waterdavians, the ulitharid has created a realistic simulation of Waterdeep that is
, nothing but thick fog lies beyond the city gates. The same is true for Alterdeep’s version of Undermountain; characters who descend the well in the Yawning Portal taproom find themselves enshrouded in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
6. 15. Ned’s Bedroom The door to this room is locked. The key to the room has been left rather obviously in the hallway outside the room and can be spotted by someone who makes a successful DC 10
six stirges nests in the rafters of the attic. They descend on the party at an opportune moment, revealing themselves after the characters enter the attic. Treasure. A character who sifts through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Blades This small shop and smithy stands just north of the town square and is well known as a one-stop shop for adventurers and other travelers in the region. Rather than attempting to compete with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
that the Lords’ Alliance will support this plan, given the gravity of the situation. She couldn’t be more wrong. Naxene is unaware that the Lords’ Alliance leaders would rather hurl themselves into the
out interest-free loans (but breaking the arms of anyone who fails to pay up); the Hardcheeses simply can’t compete. If the characters deliver Oren’s letter to Lily, her husband Koggin Hardcheese (LG
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
stairs descend ten feet to a landing, turn, and continue to descend beyond your sight. Several large buckets are stacked unevenly on the landing. To the north, a staircase descends ten feet to a door
.
The western stairs lead to area M18 in the mines below the monastery. The northern stairs descend to a doorway that opens into the garden (area M14). The buckets are for fetching water from the well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
halfling gods are viewed as folk heroes — mortal beings who ascended to divinity, rather than divine entities who descend from their realms to influence the world. Because of this outlook, halflings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
their roofs appear progressively more inhabitable as they rise up into the polluted sky. The overall effect is that of a canyon, with walls made from the cross-section of a decaying shantytown rather
carcass, which hangs from the rafters on frayed, mildewed ropes. Humanoid heads in various states of decay have been crudely lashed to the shark’s flanks.
The stairs descend 20 feet into a completely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Main Room The larger part of the tower’s second floor contains two staircases, which descend to area B1 and ascend to area B4. The scents of salted meat and dried fruit fill this area. Bookcases built
titles that tickled the gnome’s fancy. The books are arranged by color rather than some more useful system, but characters who make a quick survey of the shelves discover three tomes that warrant further
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Raided Catacombs Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4.4. Map 4.4: raided catacombs View Player Version R1: Hall of Knights Stairs descend into a stone chamber engulfed in violet
forced into area R7 rather than R3. South Passage. This crude passage emerges 80 feet up a sheer cliff beneath the walls of Castle Kalaman. Below are paved streets and the rooftops of buildings. There is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
disturbance here, but it takes a while. The ogres in area E9 come only if ordered to do so by the cultists. Stairs. The stairs to the south descend 30 feet to a wide, torchlit hallway west of area E11
made to rise or descend by uttering the proper command word into the shaft loudly enough for it to echo. The command words are “ash” to make the platform sink and “ember” to make it rise. It rises no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
friends close and your enemies closer.” The brotherhood’s leaders seek out wizards who might by their exploits compete with the brotherhood’s acquisition and hoarding of arcane lore and magical secrets
talking to another wizard about a covert expedition to Icewind Dale being undertaken to seek out long-lost magic from a bygone empire. Rather than carry out her original plan, Nass followed her fellow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
highest levels of artistry, stone giants compete in games of boulder hurling and catching. Their rock-throwing skills suit stone giants well when they have cause to defend their homes or attack enemies
would rather not do or that they’re unable to perform, such as chasing kobolds out of a narrow cave or retrieving something from deep within a lake. (Stone giants are poor swimmers; they dislike
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
sentence when reading aloud: Stone stairs descend from Hallix Mausoleum to a large subterranean chamber with stone coffins sitting on sturdy shelves. Part of the west wall has collapsed, creating an opening
has kept this research to himself so other scholars don’t beat him to publication; Umberto knows he’s a slow writer. The gnome’s chattering should be endearing rather than irritating, and you can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Chain Lightning Stadium The air around this amphitheater is charged with static. Cracked steps descend to the stadium floor, where a tiny glittering object rests on a pedestal of black stone. Three
Lightning is a game in which two teams of six players compete against each other. To win, a team must eliminate the other team’s players by hitting them with a 3-inch-diameter iron ball. A player struck by